This movie is embarrassing, but I don't mean this as a criticism. What I mean by this is that scheming but nice Katherine Hepburn wants to marry a rich guy and her road to this prize can be excruciatingly painful to watch. Once she sets her sights on young Fred MacMurray, she makes a fool or herself repeatedly and is laughed at by his society friends. The problem is that in spite of this, he is mildly attracted to her. However, then her mother becomes involved as well and frankly the whole thing made my skin crawl from embarrassment. The problem, though, is that this is in some cases very realistic and I could relate to her embarrassment--in fact, I think most of us can. So my verdict is that this is an excellent but painful film. Watch it if you can.
Review of Alice Adams
